Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-28
THE FRISCO MYSTERY.
Additional Testimony at
the Benhayon Inquest.
WHO WROTE THE LETTERS9
Experts of the Opin on that the
Confession Is in the De-
ceased's Writing.
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SAN Francisco, October 27.-A
young woman who said she lived in
but refused to give her
this morning appeared in a
store where A. Lowenstein, witness in
the Benhayon case, is employed, and
said that she was one of the women
who had a room at 22 Geary street
and from whom Lowenstein testified
last night he received the invitation to
call, which he afterwards did. The
woman said that though it might
her to make the admis-
sion, she was willing to do it as she
did not desire Lowenstein to get into
trouble on her account. She said
that she would appear at the inquest
this evening and testify to the above
facts.
THE REQUEST
In the Benhayon case was re-
sumed this evening. r. J. Per-
rim, an actor, testified that he had
known Benl,ayon three years and had
been very intimate with him. He
said that he was familiar with de-
ceased's handwriting. The Coroner
produced the three letters found in
the room with the body, and the wit
ness said that the writing looked like.
and he felt sure that it
was. Perrier said that he had last
seen the deceased alive on Saturday
when Benhayon invited
him to call at his office on Monday.
III. G. Hyde, an expert in hand
stated that during the day he
had given very minute examination
10 the three letters found in the room
with the body, and also to certain
other letters and documents acknowl-
edged to be in Benhayon's writing.
He had com Jared the writings very
and had no hesitation in
saying that these letters left III the
room were in the same handwriting as
he letters known to have been writ
en by the deceased.
EASILY KNOWN.
Hyde said that Benhayon's hand
writing was very unusual one, being
stiff and cramped and not flowing,
out in all respects uniform, and one
which would be very difficult to copy.
He said that in the three letters there
was not q character which could not
be found in other writings of Benz
hayon, and he saw nothing in the
written to the Coroner
which would cause him to doubt for Il
it being written by Ben
hayon. ..',
Deputy Coroner Johnson testified
hat while Benhayon's body was lying
in the morgue, Mrs. Higson, landlady
of the house, No. % Geary street,
where the body was found, called at
he morgue and desired to see the re-
mains, which were shown her. After
ooking at the face and body several
she said that she identified
as the second man who
called on her to see about renting IL
.oom, and who paid her five dollars.
Johnson said that Mrs. Higson was
positive in her Identification.
James Maglone stated that he had
seen Benhayon during the past few
weeks with the memorandum book in
mis- possession.
ANOTHER EXPERTS TESTIMONY.
George G.. Hickox, another expert,
testified that he had made a careful
md minute examination OF the writ
ngs, and had no hesitancy in saying
hat the confession and other letters
oft in the room were written by Ben
navon. He said that the writing APP
peared to be primal, not made under
my excitement, and certainly not un-
ior dictation. Writings from dicta-
ion, the witness said, could always
be detected, as breaks in the sem
ences as spoken or read by the per-
son debating, would always appear in
he writing, and there was not the
slightest evidence of this in any Of the
etters.
Mrs. M. II. Parker, living at No.
p Geary street. described the finding
II Benhayon's body in room q Sun
lay morning.
All Sam, Il Chinese employed in the
,ame house testified to finding the
ioor of room 2l locked ON Sunday
opening it and finding the
body on the floor.
lilly Levy, Benhayon's neice, stated
hat she last saw her uncle alive on
Saturday afternoon, when he promised
o return in the evening and take her
o the theatre and she said that he
appeared as cheerful as usual when he
eft.
MORE ABOUT THE POISON.
F. Falk, druggist, stated that he
snew Benhayon from childhood and
never considered him very bright.
He said that few days after Mrs.
Bowers death Benhayon brought him
a pill and capsule and asked him
what they were. The pill had part of
its gelatine coating broken off, and
after smelling it Falk pronounced it
He was not able to tell
the contents Of the capsule. He said
that Benhayon told him that they were
part OF the medicine which had been
given his sister by DR.. Bowers, and
Falk advised him to take them to DIR.
Dennis, the police surgeon. Witness
said that Benhayon had never at any
other time talked to him about poison,
and had never mentioned cyanide of
potassium to him.
Richard Bensinger, another drug.
gist, testified that a week ago j. A.
Dimmig had called at his store and
asked for cyanide of potassium, stat
ing that he wanted it to remove stains
OF nitrate of silver, but he had refused
to sell it to him.
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